Essay On Abigail In The Crucible

Yu Jeong ChaeMs. BrownEnglish 1115th June 2015Abigail is the selfish girl who was the main culprit behind the witchcraft Abigail is the girl who was living in the Salem. She was just an ordinary girl and was a little bit good at lying, but it did not matter at all. But after the girls danced in the forest and Betty and Ruth became ill, the misfortune befell the town. People started to suspect the girls as witches and the word “witchcraft” got around the town. And the Abigail’s behavior aggravated the doubt in the town and made some people hanged. In this process, Abigail showed how much selfish she is. There are three main evidences that support it. Actually when she was dancing with her friends, her mouth was smeared with the blood

of the bird. She thought she had to hide this fact because she was afraid that she will be driven into the wall as a witch. She told the girls to say there was nothing but dancing. And later when Tituba said she saw the devils, she joined telling other people’s name. “I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil!

I saw goody Osburn with the Devil!” (Miller 158). People thought she confessed and Sarah Good and other people were arrested. From beginning to end, Abigail’s misbehavior caused witchcraft. She laid a fault to village people’s charge at first. Second, She revenges when other people’s mind is beyond her control. She had affair with married man, John. But later, John left her and told her that he will go back to home. Therefore Abigail thought that when she get rid of Elizabeth, John will come back to her. She stuck a needle in her belly herself and nominated Elizabeth as a witch. “Abigail were stabbed tonight; a needle was found stuck into her belly” (Miller 172). Elizabeth didn’t know that Abigail was hurt and even there was a poppy in her house. Finally, she did not take on her own shoulders at the witchcraft in Salem town. “My niece, sir, my niece-I believe she has vanished” (Miller 199). Her uncle panicked and Danforth loses the witness. She contributed very much on witchcraft, but she took his uncle’s money and escaped from town. Because she was afraid that whole truth came out and she would die by witchcraft, too. By her false statements, many innocent people were hanged. There was witchcraft in the Salem town and

people were hanged. Many people had been wrong, but some people admitted their fault and regretted. But Abigail shrinks her fault and robbed her uncle’s money and escaped from town. She had to regret, but she did not. She was very selfish girl who was the main culprit behind the witchcraft and she should fix herself.